{"conversationCode":"204-003","tapeNumber":204,"conversationNumber":3,"identifier":"37-wht-conversation-204-003","startDateTime":"1972-08-18T00:30:00.000Z","endDateTime":"1972-08-18T02:32:00.000Z","startDate":"17-Aug-1972","startTime":"8:30 PM","endDate":"17-Aug-1972","endTime":"10:32 PM","dateCertainty":"certain","timeCertainty":"estimated","participants":"Nixon, Richard M. (President); Camp David Operator;","description":"On August 17, 1972, President Richard M. Nixon and Camp David operator met in the Aspen Lodge study at Camp David at an unknown time between 8:30 pm and 10:32 pm. The Camp David Hard Wire taping system captured this recording, which is known as Conversation 204-003 of the White House Tapes.","locationCode":"CDHW","recordingDevice":"Camp David Hard Wire","latitudeEstimated":39.648333,"longitudeEstimated":-77.465,"chronCode":4,"chronRelease":"Fourth Chronological Release","chronReleaseDate":"10-Dec-2003","aogpRelease":null,"aogpSegment":null,"lastModified":"2015-07-27T17:04:10.235Z","findingAid":"Conversation No. 204-3\n\nDate: August 17, 1972\nTime: Unknown between 8:30 pm and 10:32 pm\n\nLocation: Camp David Hard Wire\n\nThe President talked with the Camp David operator.\n\n[See Conversation No. 140-28]","filename":["204-003.mp3"],"tapeStart":"","tapeEnd":"","participantsList":["Nixon, Richard M. (President)","Camp David Operator"],"prevCode":"204-002","nextCode":"204-004","transcript":[{"start":0.77,"end":1.49,"text":"Wow."}],"aiSummary":{"text":"President Nixon held a brief, informal interaction with a Camp David switchboard operator while at the Aspen Lodge. The conversation did not involve matters of state or policy, serving only as a routine exchange during the President's stay at the retreat. No significant decisions or developments resulted from this communication.","topics":["Camp David","Presidential communication","Switchboard operations"],"generatedAt":"2026-04-06T10:18:52.236Z"},"topicSlugs":["camp-david","presidential-communication","switchboard-operations"],"audioDurationSec":7,"audioFiles":[{"file":"204-003.mp3","bytes":178049,"durationSec":7.35,"bitrate":193882,"missing":false}],"audioIsShared":false,"audioProbedAt":"2026-09-18T02:19:35.864Z","findingAidSource":"nixonlibrary.gov subject log (2024-05), reslice-v2","findingAidUpdatedAt":"2026-09-18T08:43:03.659Z","audio":["https://nixon.nyc3.digitaloceanspaces.com/audio/204-003.mp3"],"url":"https://www.easynixon.org/tapes/204-003","nixonLibraryUrl":"https://www.nixonlibrary.gov/white-house-tapes/204/conversation-204-003","license":"Public domain (U.S. Government work). AI-generated fields (transcript, aiSummary) are provided as-is without warranty."}